For a long while now I have been wanting to take a photo trip to the Muddy Volcanoes near Berca, in Buzau county, Romania. It is one of the favorite tourist attractions, so it’s funny that I had never visited.

I will outsource to Wikipedia the explanations regarding what the mud volcanoes are, how they are formed, etc. and will just leave you with the photos.

One thing I will say though: there are three sites: “the large mists“, “the small mists” and the “mists of Beciu”. I have no other idea how to translate the word ‘pacla‘ (Paclele Mari, Paclele Mici si Paclele de la Beciu). The names are completely counterintuitive:

• the large ones have the smallest volcanoes by diameter
• the small ones have the largest volcanoes by diameter
• the ones at Beciu (which mean “cellar” by the way) are in an area with luxuriant vegetation. they are also the smallest by far (20×40 meters!)

Paclele Mari:

Paclele Beciu:

Paclele Mici:

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